WGU D665 CORE 2026 MAIN QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔ Executive Function - ✔✔the cognitive ability to organize and prioritize the many
thoughts that arise from the various parts of the brain, allowing the person to anticipate,
strategize, and plan behavior
✔✔Hippocampus - ✔✔A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process
explicit memories for storage and maintain attention.
✔✔Distributed Practice - ✔✔spacing the study of material to be remembered by
including breaks between study periods
✔✔Neurodiversity - ✔✔the idea that people with special needs have diverse brain
structures, with each person having neurological strengths and weaknesses that should
be appreciated, in much the same way diverse cultures and ethnicities are welcomed
✔✔Nueroplasticity - ✔✔the ability within the brain to constantly change both the
structure and function of many cells in response to experience or trauma
✔✔Cognitive style theory - ✔✔Psychological disturbances often come from irrational
and illogical thinking. Consistent approach individuals take to problem solve, think, and
perception.
✔✔cognitive rigidity - ✔✔the lack of flexibility in thinking about perspectives that are
different from one's own. An old dog can't learn new tricks.
✔✔growth mindset - ✔✔belief that qualities can change/improve through effort
✔✔fixed mindset - ✔✔the idea that we have a set amount of ability that cannot change
✔✔consolidation theory - ✔✔The classic theory that memory traces of an event are not
fully formed immediately after that event, but take some time to consolidate.
✔✔aquistion - ✔✔In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral
stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering
the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced
response.
✔✔Erikson's Theory - ✔✔Theory that proposes eight stages of human development.
Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with a
crisis that must be resolved. Built on Piagets theory.
ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔ Executive Function - ✔✔the cognitive ability to organize and prioritize the many
thoughts that arise from the various parts of the brain, allowing the person to anticipate,
strategize, and plan behavior
✔✔Hippocampus - ✔✔A neural center located in the limbic system that helps process
explicit memories for storage and maintain attention.
✔✔Distributed Practice - ✔✔spacing the study of material to be remembered by
including breaks between study periods
✔✔Neurodiversity - ✔✔the idea that people with special needs have diverse brain
structures, with each person having neurological strengths and weaknesses that should
be appreciated, in much the same way diverse cultures and ethnicities are welcomed
✔✔Nueroplasticity - ✔✔the ability within the brain to constantly change both the
structure and function of many cells in response to experience or trauma
✔✔Cognitive style theory - ✔✔Psychological disturbances often come from irrational
and illogical thinking. Consistent approach individuals take to problem solve, think, and
perception.
✔✔cognitive rigidity - ✔✔the lack of flexibility in thinking about perspectives that are
different from one's own. An old dog can't learn new tricks.
✔✔growth mindset - ✔✔belief that qualities can change/improve through effort
✔✔fixed mindset - ✔✔the idea that we have a set amount of ability that cannot change
✔✔consolidation theory - ✔✔The classic theory that memory traces of an event are not
fully formed immediately after that event, but take some time to consolidate.
✔✔aquistion - ✔✔In classical conditioning, the initial stage, when one links a neutral
stimulus and an unconditioned stimulus so that the neutral stimulus begins triggering
the conditioned response. In operant conditioning, the strengthening of a reinforced
response.
✔✔Erikson's Theory - ✔✔Theory that proposes eight stages of human development.
Each stage consists of a unique developmental task that confronts individuals with a
crisis that must be resolved. Built on Piagets theory.
